Contumelious
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An archaic term
Old-fashioned, antiquated
Yet we witness living examples daily
On television, on radio
In big white houses and small suburban homes
Perhaps not obsolete but modern
Perhaps not irrelevant but relevant
Perhaps not anachronistic but timely
We need a new way to describe daily horror
Why not use an outmoded term
Describing modern behavior perfectly?
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(A Free Verse Poem)
Connotation
(Inspired by Pensive or Thoughtful Mood a 1939 sculpture by Stella Elkins Tyler)
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Rubenesque a negative
Willowy a positive
Zaftig to avoid
Slender to attain
Chubby a dislike
Skinny a desire
Stout to loathe
Svelte to long
Why do these words dictate decisions and self-worth
When they say nothing about inner beauty and character?
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(A Decastitch Poem)
Pulchritude
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Pulchritude seems the perfect word,
Coarse and lumpy and hard,
To describe the scaly, flakey
Exfoliating, peeling, warty
Beauty of the bark of a tree.
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(A Gogyohka Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 